The Day He Matured

After one night, the wound was a bit dry, so I did not dare to move strongly for fear of pain.

The bus dropped me off at the company gate at seven forty-five minutes, then at eight o’clock, I showed up at the office.

Fortunately, I don’t have an appointment with any customers today. It will probably take a few more days before I can run and jump like normal.

I was staring at the computer when suddenly a beautiful hand reached out in front of me, knocking twice on the desk.

I quickly looked up and was surprised because I realized that the person standing opposite was Brian.

Is this guy going to scold me? This morning, I still haven’t done anything wrong.

“Come to the office and see me for a moment.”

After saying that, Brian immediately walked away, not seeing my shaking head.

What do I do now? Why didn’t anyone come into the office to meet him so I could go with them? I’m going crazy.

Taking a deep breath, I stood up, inching forward step by step. When I got to the door, I took a few more breaths before I dared to enter.

The man who used to hug me to sleep now gives me a feeling of alienation and fear. I can’t guess what he’s thinking and what he’ll say and do.

“Director, I’m here.” I bowed my head and spoke softly.

“You hand over the customers you are following to Mrs. Erina, and she will reallocate them to others.”

“What… what?”

I shivered and raised my head to look at him.

What the hell? My work, my customers, why bring it all to others? It’s my money, it’s my good source of income.

Brian is going to fire me, right? He fired me because I jumped into his room and urged him to give me autographs.

“Don’t you understand?” Brian raised his eyebrows and asked me back.

“I just brought the contract back to the company, what did I do wrong?” I was resentful, forgot my fear, and asked loudly.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

“Right. Only at the beginning of the year you have signed four sales contracts with customers and have a list of other potential customers, so I decided to promote you. Bella, from tomorrow, you will be my personal secretary.”

Did a thunderclap just come through here?

My head buzzed when I heard him finish the last sentence.

Am I lucky or unlucky?

I don’t want to be promoted. I just want to seduce customers, sign a contract, and share a percentage with the company.

I don’t want to be anyone’s personal secretary or general secretary, much less I want to be his personal secretary. I don’t want to be near him.

It was very difficult for me to suppress that feeling in the depths of my heart, I didn’t want to be miserable forever.

Besides, Brian forgot about me already. Moreover, his temperament has changed, he is no longer Brian, my beloved. If I’m with him, I’ll have a short life.

“Director, I… I can’t… can’t do this job. I… I…”

“You mean I don’t have the ability to choose people? Don’t be too self-deprecating. You have the capacity.”

Oh my god, is Brian praising me or mocking me? What part of my body did he look at to believe that I was capable of being a secretary?

I only have the talent to talk a lot to please customers.

While I was in a mess of thoughts, Brian suddenly reached out and pressed the remote. Immediately, the curtains fell, like a wall separating me and him from the outside world.

My spine went cold and my limbs trembled. After all, why did he lower the curtain? Is he going to sing or dance? Why wouldn’t he want to show others what was inside?

“Monthly salary for a secretary is not much but I can use my money to pay you more. One thousand dollars. The annual bonus will depend on the company’s business situation. Like this year, you’ll probably get a bonus of six months’ salary. Do you find this salary okay?”

Is this the gentleman in the legend? No. I can’t let the money in his pocket control me.

No matter how stupid I am, I understand what the job of a personal secretary is. I would have to be with him during office hours. Worse, I had to carry a suitcase to follow him on a business trip to a remote province or to a foreign country.

The secretary and the director went on a business trip, my god, just thinking about it makes me see a shady color. Hellen would swear at me if she knew I was clinging to him.

“I can’t, sir, please choose someone else.”

My throat went dry as I tried to say these words.

Why so? Previously, Brian loved me, and now he wants to be close to me again.

Is it because I am attractive to men? My breasts are not very big, my waist is fat because of drinking a lot of beer. Not at all beautiful.

His lips curled up into a faint smile, unlike the sunny smile I had known in the past.

His hand rotated with the pen, but his eyes were fixed on mine. And then a few seconds later, he slowly stood up, leisurely walking towards me.

What is this guy going to do?

“Not like you at all. Don’t you always know how to choose the best path for yourself? As my secretary, you will be much less miserable.”

Brian crossed his arms, looked at me with disdain, and said words that made me extremely bewildered.

Before I had time to settle down, he reached out and pulled me into his lap, his breath carrying the scent of mint blowing into my ears, making my spine cold.

“You abandoned me when you heard the doctor say that I will live in a vegetative state. You are afraid you will suffer if you have to take care of me. I didn’t expect that I would put love in the wrong place. I regret it so much.”

After Brian finished speaking, he pushed hard, causing me to stagger and almost fall.

Turns out he didn’t lose his memory as I thought. He still remembers the whole thing very well.

But… what did he just say? Did he say I left because I was afraid to take care of him? Could it be that Hellen told him so?

That’s right, she had to say that so he would let go of his love for me and not go looking for me. I shouldn’t blame her. I only blame the creator for teasing me, making me meet him again.

Leave it like that. Let him think like that. Just bury the truth in the past because if I clarify it, it will only make him more disadvantaged.

“Yes, I am a person who always knows how to choose the right direction for me. That’s why… Director, I’m not going to be my ex’s private secretary.” I tried to smile and said.

“Do you have the right to choose? I won’t let you be a salesperson anymore.” He also smiled and replied to me.

“Then I’ll quit my job.”

Yes, I will quit my job and apply for a job at another company. I will contribute with what I have and receive a decent salary, even a small salary. It’s still better than I’m staying here and letting Brian wear out my heart and body.

He is healthy, and his mind is still normal, which makes me very secure, and very happy, but I do not want to hate him.

With this situation, the tension between the two of us will escalate and at some point, he and I will injure each other.

“Quit work? You didn’t read the employment contract before signing it, right? The term is three years and you have only worked for two years and a few months. Unless AD company burns down and… you disappear as you did…”

That fiery scene popped up again in my head.

Brian, I tried so much to get rid of that obsession, but why do you force me to remember again?

I have read the contract and I think after the contract expires, I can continue to sign more and stay with the company for a long time.

However, I did not expect him to come here and use his position to force me to change positions.

“The holes in your resume will cause employers to remove you immediately. No one wants to hire an employee who loves to jump jobs.”

My hands shrunk, and my nails dug into my skin so that the pain could partially offset my bad mood.

I wanted to cry, but I understood that if I shed any tears now, it would be an excuse for Brian to get the momentum to mock me.

In his eyes, I am now nothing more than a fake, without heart, without lungs.

“I’ll hand over all the work to Mrs. Erina.”

As soon as I finished speaking, I hurriedly pushed open the door and stepped out, and ran straight to the restroom.

When there was no one around, I burst into tears. My teeth clenched, leaving teeth marks on the backs of my hands because I didn’t want anyone to accidentally hear my sobs. So sad.

I would rather not have a chance to meet Brian for the rest of my life than face each other in this situation.

If I explain, will Brian believe it or not? Did he believe that because I thought about his future, I had to break up with him?

No, I can’t explain, if he doesn’t believe me, he will mock me further. And if he trusts me, what benefit will I get?

Maybe he was married to Hellen and if he knew she was lying, their marriage would be in trouble. I don’t want to turn myself into a destroyer of their happy family.

One full afternoon, I finished handing over the work to Mrs. Erina. The staff in the sales department all congratulated me on my promotion after hearing Brian’s own mouth announce the decision.

I could only smile wryly and say thank you to them and to that man. Fortunately, Brian still let me sit in the old position and did not force me to bring the desk or carry the swivel chair into his room.

I wish he would never have a business trip, just go around in this company so that I don’t worry.

Looking around for a long time, I took the catalogs and stood them up, forming a wall to block my view from him.

Maybe he’ll see me, but as long as I don’t see him, I’ll be more comfortable every time he pulls up the curtains and looks out here.